Error with place function

[bearhead]

I am brand new to Miarmy, but so far am LOVING it.

I'm following along with the quick start guide, and have run into and error that I cannot seem to figure out when it comes time to "place" the agent.

I've got everything setup up to this point and clicking "place" brings up this question:

"Detected one Place Node selected. Do you want to place from selction?"

Clicking "place selection" brings up this error:

# Error: Exception: file /Applications/Basefount/Miarmy/maya/scripts/McdPlacementFunctions.py line 27: Agent Group's Parent should be Miarmy_Contents.

I have followed along with the quick start guide exactly and can't figure out what this error means and why I am not able to place my agent.

Any help on this would be greatly appreciated! Thank you

[Yeah YANG]

Dear Bearhead,

Thank you very much for your testing. The honor is ours!
We apology for this problem and I believe after some testing, everything will be fine:)

I think your problem is one or more your agent group node(s) are outside of Miarmy_Contents
Like the following picture:



If it still cannot solve your problem, please send us your scene file and we can solve for you

Best regards!
--Yeah

Aug 11, 2014 23:17:56 GMT -5 bearhead said:

I am brand new to Miarmy, but so far am LOVING it.

I'm following along with the quick start guide, and have run into and error that I cannot seem to figure out when it comes time to "place" the agent.

I've got everything setup up to this point and clicking "place" brings up this question:

"Detected one Place Node selected. Do you want to place from selction?"

Clicking "place selection" brings up this error:

# Error: Exception: file /Applications/Basefount/Miarmy/maya/scripts/McdPlacementFunctions.py line 27: Agent Group's Parent should be Miarmy_Contents.

I have followed along with the quick start guide exactly and can't figure out what this error means and why I am not able to place my agent.

Any help on this would be greatly appreciated! Thank you

Hello Bearhead,

Thank you very much for your testing. These are all small problem and I believe after some testing, everything will be fine:)

I think your problem is one or more your agent group node(s) are outside of Miarmy_Contents
Like the following picture:

[bearhead]

Thank you so much for the quick response!

I'm afraid that doesn't solve my problem, unfortunately. I made sure that my agent group node is parented to the Miarmy_Contents. Here is what my outliner looks like:



I get the same error with this setup.

I will keep attempting to solve the problem BUT maybe I can send you my project file. It's 4.8mb so it looks like I can't attach it here. Is there a better way to send it to you?

Thank you SO much!

[bearhead]

I started over with the tutorial and did not run into the same problem, so I don't know what was happening but I seemed to have worked past it by starting over.

Again, thank you for the response! I may have more questions in the future, but this is such a fantastic plugin!

Thank you!

[Yeah YANG]

Glad to hear your problem solved

Thank you for your testing bearhead!

Please leave us message and we'll solve for your immediately.

Best regards!
--Yeah

Aug 12, 2014 12:45:51 GMT -5 bearhead said:

I started over with the tutorial and did not run into the same problem, so I don't know what was happening but I seemed to have worked past it by starting over.

Again, thank you for the response! I may have more questions in the future, but this is such a fantastic plugin!

Thank you!

[bearhead]

Well, as I guessed I have run into another problem.

For some reason, when I click Miarmy "Ready" when starting a new project I get this error:

# Error: NameError: file <maya console> line 1: name 'McdSelectMcdGlobal' is not defined

And then nothing happens. Any ideas as to what this is?

[Yeah YANG]

Hello Bearhead,

Thank you for your continue testing!

This is maybe you're not installed our tool fully correctly,

Please recheck these steps and re-start Maya and try again
Step 4,5,6
basefount.atlassian.net/wiki/display/MDE/Windows

I hope this is helpful.

Best regards!
--Yeah

Aug 13, 2014 11:44:32 GMT -5 bearhead said:

Well, as I guessed I have run into another problem.

For some reason, when I click Miarmy "Ready" when starting a new project I get this error:

# Error: NameError: file <maya console> line 1: name 'McdSelectMcdGlobal' is not defined

And then nothing happens. Any ideas as to what this is?

[bearhead]

Thank you so much for your responses! I've got everything running now.

And thanks for providing such a great tool!